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Biographical history

Sheilagh Somerville Jameson, 1914-1997, was born in southern Alberta, the daughter of Thomas Jameson and Frances Grace Somerville, owners of the Ballyhamage Ranch near Millarville. She attended school in Millarville and Okotoks, and Normal School in Calgary. She taught school at various places in southern Alberta until 1957. Subsequently she began a career as historical researcher with the Glenbow Foundation. She continued to upgrade her education and was eventually promoted to Chief Archivist, retiring in 1979. She was active as both a speaker and a writer, producing numerous books, stories, articles, plays, poems and radio scripts. Many of these were published including: W.J. Oliver, Life Through a Master's Lens. - Calgary : Glenbow Museum, 1984; Chautauqua in Canada / Sheilagh S. Jameson in collaboration with Nola B. Erickson. - Calgary : Glenbow-Alberta Institute, 1979; and Citymakers : Calgarians after the Frontier / Max Foran and Sheilagh Somerville Jameson, eds. - Calgary : Historical Society of Alberta, Chinook Country Chapter, 1987. In 1979 she was awarded an Alberta Achievement Award, and in 1989 received the Annual Heritage Award from the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation. She was also active in many community organizations including the Historical Society of Alberta, Southern Alberta Pioneers' and Old Timers' Association and the Women's Canadian Club.

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Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Gifts of Sheilagh Jameson, 1957-1991 and Alec Macklin, 2018.

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Scope and content

The fonds consists of Sheilagh's personal papers, business correspondence, articles, short stories, plays, poetry, radio scripts, and book reviews (1931-1989); Glenbow Foundation records including research files on southern Alberta families (1935-1974); research files and manuscripts for publications including W.J. Oliver, Citymakers and Chautauqua; photographs and slides of Jameson family, Millarville area and Glenbow staff and events (1900-1969); and recorded interviews about W.J. Oliver (1982). Includes miscellaneous records of Thomas Jameson (1900-1955).

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Related units of description

For records of other Jameson family members see the Hugh G. and Thomas T. Macklin fonds and the Eileen Jameson fonds at Glenbow. Further records pertaining to Sheilagh's book on Chautauqua are in the Sheilagh S. Jameson and Nola B. Erickson Chautauqua collection at Glenbow.

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The inventory is listed under "Thomas and Sheilagh Jameson Family fonds and Glenbow Foundation Research".

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M 4871 consists of more personal papers of Thomas Jameson. These papers would have been described but were borrowed by Sheilagh Jameson and have not been returned.